Radeon PRO WX 3100 vs Radeon R5 430 OEM

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon PRO WX 3100 and Radeon R5 430 OEM, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Radeon PRO WX 3100 stacks up against Radeon R5 430 OEM, check out specs charts below.

Radeon PRO WX 3100 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon PRO WX 3100 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon PRO WX 3100 here:

Main Specs

  Radeon PRO WX 3100 Radeon R5 430 OEM
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort, 2x mini-DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon PRO WX 3100 has 30% more power consumption, than Radeon R5 430 OEM.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x8 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon PRO WX 3100 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon R5 430 OEM.
  • Radeon PRO WX 3100 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R5 430 OEM - in Desktops.
  • Radeon PRO WX 3100 is build with Polaris architecture, and Radeon R5 430 OEM - with GCN 1.0.
  • Radeon PRO WX 3100 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon R5 430 OEM - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon PRO WX 3100 is 1400 MHz higher, than Radeon R5 430 OEM.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 1−2
ultra / 1080p 8−9 0−1
QHD / 1440p 3−4 0−1
low / 720p 27−30 12−14
medium / 1080p 16−18 3−4
The average gaming FPS of Radeon PRO WX 3100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 233% more, than Radeon R5 430 OEM.

Full Specs

  Radeon PRO WX 3100 Radeon R5 430 OEM
Architecture Polaris GCN 1.0
Code name Polaris 12 Oland
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 21 March 2017 30 June 2016
Pipelines 512 384
Core clock speed 730 MHz
Boost Clock 1219 MHz 780 MHz
Transistor count 2,200 million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 39.01 18.72
Floating-point performance 1,248 gflops 599.0 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 4600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 36.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 6.4 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
Laptop size large
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